4333 words out of 20,000. I’m feeling pretty good about that. I am working slowly but surely. I created a storyboard. I’m in the library. Yes.
I have 15 days. If I do 1500 words a day, I should me more than fine for the 30th.
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Just wanted to say that I have really gotten myself together tonight.
Now it is time for apple crisp, True Blood, and a couple of phone calls.
Grinding My Teeth
Up to 1,550 words. Not even a dent in my 20,000.
Grrr……
But I have coffee before me, a workout behind me, and I feel like I can do a good chunk today.
::sipping and typing away::
Inspiration
It is very strange being a writer-artist and a scholar-activist and also trying to be human at the same time. I feel as though part of me is being pulled in a very lonely direction. When I immerse myself in my work, research, characters, plotlines, or historical narratives, I am so happy I literally feel high for a time. But it also requires that I leave the real world for awhile. Phone calls get dropped, activities are missed, birthday are forgotten. And before I know it, a week has passed, so has the high, and my personal relationships are in the gutter.
Lorraine Hansberry wrote:
“Eventually it comes to you: the thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely…” (May 1, 1962)
I am lucky that there are a few people in my life who know this about me, and who accept it as the price of being in my family. I am thankful they are far more accepting of me than I am able to be of them, or of myself.
It is still bracing to transition between the two. High to low. Crowded (with people long past or people living worlds away in my head) and then alone.
InaDWriMo 2008
I will be participating in InaDWriMo 2008. It actually started November 1st, which makes me a couple of days late on this post but not on starting because…well…not much was accomplished the last two days. At least not in the realm of academic writing.
Participate by registering here (which basically means leaving a comment). Or cheer me on as I go.
If you aren’t comfortable joining in on the fun after the party has started, leave a comment here. We can support each other!
My goal is 20,000 words.
::twirling:: Ok, so here we go!
ps. In case you want to nurse your literary side instead of your academic side, Tayari’s got links to NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), and her custom creation NaFinWriNoMo. So no excuses! Get to writing–whichever way fits you best!
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